Features
Diamonds in the Rough
Remington’s unsung side-by-sides: the Model 1894 & 1900
Driven in the Heartland
Pheasants over the Guns at Heartland Lodge
Down Barnegat Way
A sneakbox hunt for bay brant and ducks
Westley Richards & Co.
Touring the new factory of Birmingham’s oldest gunmaker
The Running Country
The beauty and grace of prairie sharptail hunting
For the Birds
The art of keeping training birds alive
Dog Days of Summer
Planning ahead with great new gear
Departments
From the Editor
Tell them Shooting Sportsman sent you, and our new Gunroom
Letters
Distaff duck hunters, Hemingway, sporting clays and retrieving
Game & Gun Gazette
Spring shoots, Richard Beaumont, Dickson’s new O/U & gunning gear
Spring Shoots
Double-gun gatherings
Gamekeeper Range Bag from CSMC
New from CSMC
LCS Bird Dog Trainer II
An updated version of LCS’s trainer/beeper system
Shooting
The key to consistency: shooting face first
Fine Gunmaking
The enduring, serviceable—and fine—Model 12
Sporting Clays
Clay shooting as practical practice for the field
Gun Review
The Verney-Carron Azur Eloge .410: trés gentil
Guncraft
Perhaps the finest English gunmaker you’ve never heard of
The Major
The art of using old tricks to get new dogs